Here is some of the information on the Aardman website;
The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists… A delicious confection of piracy on the high seas. Aardman co-founder Peter Lord returns to hands-on directing for the first time since 'Chicken Run', with a comedy adventure based on two books from the cult 'Pirates!' series by Gideon Defoe who has also penned the screenplay. 'Pirates!' will be co-directed by Jeff Newitt.